Prof. Aaron Jones, RA Assistant Professor Lawrence Technological University College of Architecture and Design ( CoAD ) [email protected] CURRICULUM VITAE - Degrees Awarded Master of Architecture Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI 2011 Bachelor of Architecture (5 year accredited) Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 2006 Full Time Academic Appointments Lawrence Technological University College of Architecture and Design Assistant Professor 2016 – current College Professor 2015 Invited Short Term Academic Appointments Cranbrook Academy of Art Visiting Architect 2017 Fellowships, Residencies, and other Scholarly Appointments Art: Omi Architecture Fellow Ghent, NY 2021 (forthcoming) Colorado State University Art + Art History Electronic Art Department Bimson Humanities Fellow 2021 (forthcoming) NEW INC y7 “Cultural Futures” New Museum + Knight Foundation NYC, NY 2020/2021 Ohio State University Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) College of Arts and Sciences Columbus, OH Livable Futures - Research Fellow 2019 NEW INC y6 “Ideas for the City” New Museum NYC, NY 2019/2020 MacDowell Colony Peterborough, NH Architecture Fellow Summer 2019 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art Omaha, NE Architect in Residence 2015 Bronx River Art Center Bronx, NY Architect in Residence 2012 National Merit scholar - US Department of State Centre d'études Maghrébines à Tunis Tunis, Tunisia 2005 Creative Practice Affiliations TILE BLUSH Gallery Representation Director – Ms. Fernanda Torcida Miami, FL 2020 - current BIGMODELS LA Co-Founder / Partner Exhibition and Publication Los Angeles, CA + Detroit, MI 2015 – current Aaron Jones Architect Architect Architectural Services MI # 1301059699 Detroit, MI 2011 - current Previous Professional Affiliations M1/dtw Design Architect Detroit, MI 2010 HKS Inc Design Architect Dallas, TX 2006 – 2009 Professional Affiliations and Licenses Registered Architect Michigan # 1301059699 2011 – current Registered Architect Texas # 20998 2008 – 2011 Association of the Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 2016 – current Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) 2016 – 2018 National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) 2007 – 2011 RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP Extramural Research Grants NEW INC y7 “Cultural Futures” New Museum + Knight Foundation + Museum Computer Network NYC, NY 2021 $4,770 “Pedestrian Permeable Play Structure Fence” National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Detroit, MI 2018 CMap – fiscal sponsor / collaborator $15,000 Intramural University or College Research Grants LTU College of Architecture and Design SEED OUT Grant “web model dot space” $4900 2019 LTU University SEED Grant “web model dot space” $4379 2017 Graduate Research Assistants (awarded) Nick Crawford 2020/21 Nate Ickes 2020 Vlad Chertic 2019 Vlad Chertic 2018 Rachel Kowalczyk 2017 - 2018 Manzi Yang 2016 - 2017 Peer Reviewed Academic Conferences “Design-Build as Scholarship” Schools of Thought - Re-thinking architectural pedagogy Engaging Design-Build Pedagogy (track) University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 2020 “Shine A Light Pavilion” Sustainable Detroit Forum Detroit, MI 2019 Architecture, Media, and Politics Society (AMPS Conference) “Critical Practice” Lecture Tucson, AZ 2018 Allied Media Conference (AMC) “Sci-Fi Architecture Comic” Lecture + Workshop Detroit, MI 2018 Association of the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) “Deep Space” Invited Lecture Detroit, MI 2017 Allied Media Conference (AMC) “Sci-Fi Architecture Comic” Lecture + Workshop Detroit, MI 2017 Allied Media Conference (AMC) “Choose Your Own Adventure” Lecture + Workshop Detroit, MI 2015 Facing Race Conference Panelist w/ Complex Movements Dallas, TX 2014 CREATIVE PRACTICE Published or Reviewed Creative Practice – authored by others Sharp, Sarah Rose. “Detroit’s New Mini Community Center is a Greenhouse by Day, Movie Theater by Night.” HYPERALLERGIC. 2019. Web. Stickley, Tara. “Sigh Fi.” ART PAPERS. Summer 2017. Print. Aldridge, Taylor. "Building Better Futures: Complex Movements Brings ‘Beware of the Dandelions’ to Detroit." ARTnews. 2017. Web. *In collaboration with Complex Movements Sharp, Sarah Rose. “Seeds of Resistance: Complex Movements in Detroit” Art in America. 2016. Web *In collaboration with Complex Movements Wesenstein, Kara. "Meet the Arts Collective Pioneering Hyper-Local, High-Tech Activism." The Creators Project. Vice. 2016. Web *In collaboration with Complex Movements Frydenlund, Zach . "Complex Movements Is a Detroit Artist Collective That You Need to Know." Complex. 2015. Web *In collaboration with Complex Movements S. Ehmann, S. Borges, R. Klanten. LEARN FOR LIFE. Berlin: Gestalten Press. 2012. Print Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. POST INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. Chicago. Soberscove. 2012. Print Hare, Emily. CONTAGIOUS MAGAZINE #29. London: Contagious Communications. 2011. Print Vidal, Stephanie. Detroit WiFi. Paris: Slate. 2011. Web Interviews and Other Media “Virtual Studio Tour” Instagram Live, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, interview by Ms. Kiah Butcher. 2020. https://vimeo.com/430147235 Livable Futures podcast, Advanced Computing Center for Art and Design, Ohio State University interview (audio) by Prof. Norah Zuniga Shaw. 2019. https://livablefuturesnow.org (w/ Complex Movements) “Creative Practice,” Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, interview (video) by Holly Kranker. 2017. https://vimeo.com/204005056 Invited Public Lectures “Web Model Dot Space ph1” Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Boulder, CO 2021 (forthcoming) “Artist Talk and Public Proposal Review” Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art / sponsored by Boulder AIA https://vimeo.com/430548275 pw: architect Boulder, CO 2020 “Interior Architecture” Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Interior Architecture Department Providence, RI 2020 “Complex Movements” (w/ Complex Movements) Ohio State University Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) College of Arts and Sciences Columbus, OH 2019 “Building Utopia” Wayne State University College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts Detroit, MI 2018 “Business Casual” University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, Planning School of Architecture and Interior Design Cincinnati, OH 2018 “Denatured Earthlings” University of Rochester School of Live Culture Rochester, NY 2018 “Small Practice” Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 2016 “Temporary Structures” Adrian University Adrian, MI 2016 “In Conversation with Bill Massie” Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI 2015 “Public Lecture” Lawrence Technological University Southfield, MI 2015 “Public Lecture” University of Nebraska Omaha Omaha, NE 2015 “Public Lecture” Bemis Center for Contemporary Art Omaha, NE 2015 “Architecture and Humor” Young Architect’s Forum Chicago, IL 2011 Invited Academic Workshops “Web Model Dot Space ph1” – community zine workshop Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Boulder, CO 2021 (forthcoming) “Achievements and Problems” Blender Workshop Series University of Kentucky College of Design ( UKCoD ) Interior Design Department Lexington, KY 2021 Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) “Sci-Fi Architecture Comic” Detroit, MI 2018 Virginia Commonwealth University (VCUdes) “Sci-Fi Architecture Comic” Richmond, VA 2017 Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) “Sci-Fi Architecture Comic” Detroit, MI 2017 Invited Exhibitions and Public Commissions “Web Model Dot Space ph”1 Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) Boulder, CO 2021 ( forthcoming ) “Speculative Fiction” – working title Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) Detroit, MI 2021 ( forthcoming ) “The Design Shop” TILE BLUSH Miami Design District Miami, FL 2021 “Rejected – Architectural Drawings and Their Stories” Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture Columbus, OH 2019 “Tree Chapel” Sidewalk Festival Detroit, MI 2019 $5,000 “Building Utopia” Wayne State University Elaine Jacob Gallery 2018 Ms. Lauren Kalman – curator $2,000 usd “Reality Rejects” Red Bull Arts Detroit Detroit, MI 2018 Featured Artist coinciding with Detroit Art Week $10,000 “#Throwaway Theater” Venice Architecture Biennale GAA Foundation Venice, Italy $10,000 In collaboration with LTU CoAD “Shine A Light” Charles Wright Museum of African American History Detroit, MI $50,000 Ms. Ash Arder - curator “The Midnight Special” Volume Gallery Chicago, IL 2017 Ms. Claire Warner, Mr Sam Vinz – curator “Footwork” Biannale Internationale St. Ettienne Design St. Ettienne, France 2017 $500 Public Design Trust – curator Coinciding with UNESCO City of Design designation / representing Detroit, MI “Sigh Fi” University of Arkansas Little Rock (UALR) Little Rock, AR 2017 $4,000 Mr. Haynes Riley - curator “Time + Space: Futures” Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Omaha, NE 2016 $3,000 Ms. Elli Kevorkian – curator “Storefront TV” Storefront for Art and Architecture NYC, NY 2015 Mr. Carlos Carrasco - curator “Beware of the Dandelions” ON THE BOARDS / Behnke Center for Contemporary Performance Seattle, WA 2015 budget withheld In Collaboration with Complex Movements “Bullets Without Ideology” Venice Architecture Biennale American Pavilion Venice, Italy 2014 Storefront for Art and Architecture – curator “Where Paradise Grows” Goethe Institut Johannesburg, South Africa 2014 $5,000 In Collaboration with Complex Movements Ms. Ingrid Lafleur - curator “The Not Yet” SiTE:LAB Art Prize Public Museum Grand Rapids, MI 2013 In collaboration with Wesley Taylor, Christopher Schanck, Andrea Cardinal Mr. Paul Amenta - curator “Chicagoland” Wanted Design